Stamp your own Collage Paper!

Hi Stamping Fans!

Hope everyone is having a very crafty month and getting lots of time to be creative!

Today I am sharing a super quick way to make your own decorated collage papers to use on your journal pages or altered art creations!

Stamps used:

"Feather" designed by Pam Bray

"Background Grunge" Set designed by Pam Bray

All you need is your favourite stamps, black ink pad, some distress inks or any coloured inks really and some tissue or deli paper - super easy and economical! I also played with my sponge top distress inks to create a base for the stamping.

Use a sponge to add colour to your tissue paper or swipe your ink pad direct to the paper then stamp your favourite patterned stamps to the paper and you are done!

Perfect for creating your own colour and subject themes!

I love using collage papers as backgrounds for my journals and this is the perfect way to match my papers with the effect I am wanting!

Hope you have fun!

Sharon

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Franken Paper Backgrounds

Hello! I love to make Franken Paper for all kinds of projects – collage, ATCs, inchies, and lots more! It is fun to see the results when you are done because every page you create turns out different and I know there are lots of versions of Franken Paper out there but I wanted to share how I create my version. 

Don't you just love the grunginess of this paper!

Supplies-

Background Grunge Stamp Set by Pam Bray 
Birds on a Wire

Scraps of paper

Masking tape

Washi tape

Ranger Archival Ink

Embossing powder

Spackling

Stencils

Watercolor paper

Gel medium

To make Franken paper, I use watercolor paper because it can take almost anything you can throw on it! I start by gluing scraps of lightweight papers, mostly old book pages, down then add torn pieces of masking tape and washi tape to the surface. 

Then water down some acrylic paint and paint over the first layer of papers. Some of the edges may come up, just glue them down with a glue stick.

 With the stencils and spackling, add some interesting shapes to the paper and spray with assorted ink colors. 

While this stage is still wet, sprinkle on embossing powder and heat set. Splatter with acrylic paint in your choice of colors.

Cut to size for your project.  Seal with gel medium and let dry, the Franken paper is now ready for embellishments. 

Here are some Artist Trading Cards make with Franken backgrounds.

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Thanks Art Journal

Hello Crafty Ftiends,

Marie-Christine with you today with a Spring  Art Journal page. Love to do Art Journal creation, I choose a stamp to start and let my imagination do the rest.

BPM Rubber Stamps used:

Fall Rubber Stamp Sheet by Pam Bray Design

Background Grunge Art Rubber Stamp Sheet

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Other Supplies

Art Journal

Stencils
Distress Oxide
Masking Tape
Spray Inks
White and Pink Markers 

Divide your page into 3 columns and color with Distress Oxide.
Choose a stencil and add Distress Oxide on it, repeat the same thing with a baby wipe.

Here is the result!

 

Add some background stamps.

Put some more colors on your page with blue ink and stencil.

Adhere some Masking Tapes in the middle.

Stamp the Dragonfly stamp and the word on a watercolor paper. Use spray inks to color them and finish with a white and pink touch color.
Simply stick them the middle to give dimension.

Hope you have enjoyed my tutorial!

Thank you for visiting!

Marie-Christine Denis

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Flamingo Card

Hello BPM Fans!!

Today I would like to show you how I created a Flamingo card for the Under the Sea theme this month.  I was a bit out of my element for the projects this month and I am not a big ocean/sea fan. I like to sit in my pool in the summer, fewer animals in my pool and no sand to drag into the house later! I work a lot of hours and I like to have time to create and not spending all my time cleaning house!

Supplies used 

Blank Page Muse Stamps -

Flamingo Row by Pam Bray Designs

Open Weave Fishnet Background

Background Grunge by Pam Bray Designs

Dear Beach Sentiment

Hearty Doodles by Katie Lamb

Correspondence Pens by Katy Leitch

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Other supplies used - 

tissue paper

ink in 3 pink colors

black ink

markers

glue stick

stamp platform

foam tape

white embossing powder

Versamark ink

black cardstock

white watercolor paper

white card base

1. Using the different pink inks, stamp them randomly in a line on a piece of white tissue paper with stamps from the Background Grunge sheet and the Hearty Doodles sheet, then using the black ink, stamp the Open Weave Fishnet in a line on white tissue paper. I used the circles from the Background Grunge stamp and repeatedly stamped them over each other. I used the script stamps from the Correspondence Pens sheet and stamped it in a line on the white tissue paper. 

Quick tip - To tear the tissue paper, use a fine line brush with very little water and draw a line down the tissue paper, tear along this line to give you a nice torn edge.

2. Taking one of your stamped tissue pieces, glue it down about 2/3 from the edge of the black cardstock. Repeat with the other two layers. 

3. Using the stamp platform, stamp the Flamingo several times onto watercolor paper then color the flamingo with markers. I used several colors over each other to get the effect I was looking for on the feathers. Then fussy cut the flamingo and glue it over the layered tissue paper. 

4.  Next, using the Dear Beach sentiments the were cut apart, stamp in Versamark ink onto black cardstock and heat emboss with white embossing powder. then trim down to fit across the card front. 

This card could be used for any occasion!  Don’t forget to check out the stamps at Blank Page Muse.

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Tworki Boy Mixed Media Tag

Hello all

I have a tag made for you with this adorable little chap!!

The Blank Page Muse Stamps Tworki Boy Monster

The Blank Page Muse Stamps Background Grunge Set

The Blank Page Muse Stamps Chain Link Pattern Background

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Take a blank tag and stamp the chain link background stamp over the top, apply ink to the sections of the stamp to create a faded effect.

Next take the rose stamps from the Background Grunge set and stamp them onto the tag using the different stamp sizes.

Apply a stencil mask onto the tag and let the modeling paste set.

Take some watercolour paints and using a water pen apply the colours onto the tag.

Stamp out the Tworki Boy stamp and colour in with marker pens.

I had to colour the main image again after realising that it got lost against the background

Sisal to the tag and then glue the main image down.

Glue on a free beads and enamel dots before finishing off with a sentiment.

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Love Birds

Tis the season of Love!  This month the BPM crew was challenged to create valentines day cards or to add dimensions to our project.  I decided to do both!  I have been eyeing these window cards for a while and decided to try my hand at one.

Blank Page Muse Supplies

Seth Apter Ancient Amber Embossing Powder

Alice in Wonderland Set 1 

Background Grunge Stamp Set 

Lady & Man Clock with Writing Art Rubber Stamp

Clock with Crown Vintage Style Art Rubber Stamp

Love Birds Word Art

Other Supplies

Clear and gold embossing powder

Embossing ink

Archival ink

Card stock

Yarn

Nested Circle Dies

2 square card bases

*Extra for bonus project - chipboard greeting and card base.

Start  by die cutting nested circle dies from both card bases with the largest circle on the top/front of the card and decreasing the circle size as you move inside the card.

Below you can see how the the nesting looks putting 1 card inside the other. 

Cut black and red card stock square to fit card base.  I stamped the card stock first then cut with the nested circles, but you could do die cut the card stock then stamp.

Stamp Lady & Man Clock with Writing Art Rubber Stamp onto card stock and mat on black card stock. Adhere to inside back of  card.  insuring stamping image will be centered in smallest circle. 

Stamp and emboss  roses, clocks and hearts onto card stock to create insides of cards. 

Adhere stamped card stock inside card bases and die cut nested circles as shown. (save the cut outs to complete the bonus project below!) 

Adhere the card stock to front of card die cutting nested circle.  Stamp Love Birds Word Art onto front. Place one card base inside the other and tie cards together to finish. 

*BONUS!*  USE YOUR SCRAPS PROJECT

Adhere stamped and embossing bested die cuts onto card base.  Doodle stitches and add chipboard greeting! 

I hope this project inspires you to get stamping! 

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